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ANNUAL CONFERENCE FOR THE ORDINARIATE CLERGY OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS: Held at the Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston, Brisbane, Queensland. “A Quiet time in the Chapel” [Conference supplement: Pages 4 to 12]

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THE PERSONAL ORDINARIATE OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS

The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross is a non-territorial diocese of the Australian Catholic Church. The Ordinary: Monsignor Harry Entwistle, PA. 40A Mary Street, High-Gate. 6003. Western Australia. Local Phone: 08-9422-7988 or Mobile Phone: 0417 180 145 or contact the Diocesan Office: M-Phone: 0409 377 338. E-mail: [email protected] or The Ordinary: [email protected] Vocations Director: [email protected] M. Ph: 0410699574

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A WORD FROM OUR ORDINARY: Monsignor Harry Entwistle: P.A. The Ordinariate Clergy Residential for 2015 was held in the Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre in Ormiston, Qld, from August 10-14th. This time together gives the clergy time to pray together, socialise, share community life, hear a keynote speaker, attend to Ordinariate business and plan for our future. We are now entering our fourth year of life although in reality it took twelve months before we had enough parishes to enable the clergy to meet together as a group. Before this year’s Residential, I hoped that there would be a ‘gear shift’ and the clergy would begin to assume some responsibility for develop- ing our vision and be energised to invite the laity to do the same. The week began in prayer with a Day of Reflection led by Fr Paul Chandler, Moderator of the Bris- bane Oratory in Formation. Fr Paul focussed his presentations on the nature of the priesthood and its accountability to each other and the Church. Priests should be men of prayer, spiritual mentors, pas- tors and teachers of the faithful. Whatever our personal preferences might be, Ordinariate priests must be committed to the mission of the Church and the Ordinariate and there is never a time when we cease to be a priest just as those who are married never cease to be married. He urged us to identify ourselves as priests through our attire, and while that may bring some hostility, it also encourages the faithful to see the priests clearly identified in public. Fr Paul certainly challenged us about our understanding of priesthood and that is a good thing. We need courage to rise to the challenge God lays before us.

Carmelite Community On Wednesday morning we joined the Sisters of the Carmelite Convent and members of the local faithful in Ormiston for mass when I was privileged and honoured to be the celebrant. Keynote Speaker Monsignor Steven Lopes of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith joined us on Wednesday afternoon, and on Thursday morning presented us with an excellent insight into the new Divine Wor- ship Ordinariate Missal that will be authorised for use from Advent Sunday of this year. This Missal is the work of a Commission established to create liturgies for use in the Ordinariate that reflect our pre and post Reformation tradition. The Mass is not an English version of the Tridentine Rite; in fact some of it is taken from the Prayer Book of 1549 which pre-dates the Tridentine Mass. The Ordinari- ate Mass is a ‘stand alone’ form of the Roman Mass of the Latin Rite Catholic Church.

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A WORD FROM OUR ORDINARY: Continued. Although the liturgy of the new Missal does not differ significantly from what we are currently using, there will be many more resources available to us, enabling us to bring many of our ‘lost’ spiritual gems back into the worship of the Catholic Church. Hopefully the Missal will be available before the official launch on Advent Sunday so that both clergy and laity can familiarise themselves with it and explore the treasures it contains for future use. Sadly it will be quite expensive to buy, and the falling Australian dollar against the British pound will not help, so I urge each parish community to start saving! On the plus side, it will be a quality production so will not disinte- grate as other poorer quality missals are prone to do. A copy of this new Missal will be presented to Pope Francis and so receive some attention, at least in the Catholic media. It could be an opportunity for parishes to arrange a special occasion when you could invite friends, sup- porters, fellow Catholics and other interested people to come and experience this prayerful worship as it is meant to be offered to the glory of God. New Governing Council During the Residential a new Governing Council was established and at its subsequent meeting, began to work as a team to plan the future mission and ministry of the Ordinariate. At the conclusion of the week, I was encouraged that with the help of Msgr Lopes, and enthusiasm for the Ordi- nariate, the ‘gear shift’ that I hoped for had been made. We must ensure that we do not lose any momentum gained this week and I sincerely hope that the clergy will share our vision with their parishes so that both they and their laity can work for its implementation. As the Book of Proverbs reminds us, “Where there is no vision, the people perish” (Proverbs 29:18). [Monsignor Harry Entwistle: Ordinary. August 2015.] ______BRISBANE & MELBOURNE Following the Residential Conference, Monsignors Steven and Harry visited the parishes of St Thomas à Becket, East Brisbane and St Benedict, Caulfield, Melbourne. On the Sunday, Msgr Harry was the principal celebrant with Msgr Lopes and Fr Iball concelebrants. Msgr Lopes preached and Deacon Rorhlach was the deacon of the mass. The clergy and laity retired to a local café to enjoy a pleas- ant coffee and refreshments together. In Melbourne, the two travelling Monsignors joined the faithful of St Benedict’s for their Monday evening Mass. Again, Msgr Harry was the principal celebrant with Msgr Steven and Fr Christopher Seton who concelebrated. Cler- gy and laity retired to the church hall to share a meal and both Msgr Steven and Harry were able to talk about the new Missal and the future of the Ordinariate. Photo right: Msgr Lopes and Msgr Entwistle in the ‘Vestment Emporium’ otherwise known as the priest’s vestry.

DIACONAL ORDINATION OF KENNETH HAGAN Kenneth Hagan was ordained deacon on July 31st in St Mary Mackillop Church, Warnervale, New South Wales, by the Most Rev Peter Comensoli, Bishop of Broken Bay. Fr Stephen Hill, the Ordinariate Director of Vocations represented the Ordinariate and presented the candidate to the bishop. Deacon Kenneth Hagan will be ordained to the priesthood on Saturday 28th November 2015.

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Quiet Day address by Fr Paul Chandler Published with the author’s permission.

THE PRIEST IN RELATION TO THE CHURCH The phenomenon of “secularisation” – the tendency to live life in a horizontal projec- tion, setting aside or neutralising the dimension of transcendence while nonetheless accepting religious discourse. The theme of priestly identity is crucial to the exercise of the ministerial priesthood.1.

The identity of the priest as a man of God is not outmoded and never will be; knowing who we are and the exclusive relationship we have with Jesus Christ, Head and Shepherd, will benefit everything a priest is and does.

THE IDENTITY OF THE PRIEST “In the Church and on behalf of the Church, priests are a sacramental representation of Jesus Christ – the head and shepherd – authoritatively proclaiming his word, repeating his acts of forgiveness and his offer of salvation – particularly in baptism, penance and the Eucharist, showing his loving concern to the point of a total gift of self for the flock, which they gather into unity and lead to the Father through Christ and in the Spirit”.2.

To gain insight into the identity of the priest we must first be clear about the identity of the Church because the two are intri- cately linked. The Church exists to continue through time the mission of its founder, Jesus Christ, and to offer spiritual sacrifices through Him and to proclaim the greatness of the Father who has called us out of darkness into His own marvellous light: (1Pet 2:9)

The ministerial priesthood finds its reason for being in light of this union of Christ with His Church. The ministerial priesthood renders tangible the actual work of Christ, who is Head of the Church. The priesthood also bears witness that Christ has not left or separated Himself from the Church but even more, He continues to give her life through His own everlasting priesthood, which is exercised through the ministry of some of the faithful. The Church considers the priesthood a gift to the Church. This gift has been instituted by Christ himself, initially upon the Apostles. This gift has continued through the Bishops, who are successors of the Apostles. They in turn have transmit- ted it in a subordinate degree to priests who are co-workers with the Episcopal order. We must remember as priests that our identity in the Church stems from the mission and ministry we have in the Church but also that this mission ministry is realised in communion with our Bishop.

This would be experienced for you through your communion with your Ordinary as well as the Bishop of the diocese in which you are located.

Presbyterorum Ordinis of Vatican II reminds us that the priest is “a sacramental representation of Christ, Head and Shepherd.” 3. Through ordination we have received not just a leadership role but also a spiritual power, as a gift, and this spiritual power is a participation in the authority with which Christ, through the Holy Spirit, guides His Church.

This configuration to Christ as Head and Shepherd defines who we are as priests and as persons. We must avoid the dichotomy of myself as person and priest. Or even more dangerous, myself as priest in my parish/ministry and myself as priest in the Church. Neither dichotomy is valid in light of the ontological and indelible configuration to Christ, who is Himself totally and always Head and Shepherd of the Church. Continued next page.

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We have been given the gift of priesthood and, yes, we do experience it also as a task and a call. To the gift, to the task and to the call we must make a free and committed response - at ordination and daily and in different circumstances.

Our unique personalities, our particular life experiences, our own way of being a human person is not lost in this nor is it sublimated. Rather, knowing the principle that grace builds on nature, God uses all that we are and have to transmit the truths of the faith and to accomplish Christ’s priestly activity for and in the Church.

All of this must not lead us to any feeling of superiority; surely an attitude of deep gratitude, but not superiority. What we have received is a gift and it is Christ’s own priesthood in which we share. I do not give myself the gift of priesthood. Christ acting through the Church gives it to me and gives it to me for the good of the Church. “This awareness – founded on the ontological bond with Christ – maintains due distance from “task performance” no- tions that have sought to look upon the priest as nothing more than a social worker or administrator of sacred rites “at the risk of betraying Christ’s Priesthood itself”4. and reduce the life of the priest to the mere expedition of duties. All men have a natural religious yearning which distinguishes them from all other living beings and makes them seekers of God. Therefore, persons seek in the priest the man of God in whom they can discover His Word, His Mercy and the Bread of heaven, which “gives Life to the world” (John 6:33): “God is the only treasure which ultimately people desire to find in a priest”5.

The priest acts in persona Christi capitis and is the minister of the essential acts that bring about the salvation of souls and he is the transmitter of the truths necessary for salvation; he feeds the People of God and leads them towards holi- ness.6.

The priest, says the Directory, is placed not only in the church but in the forefront of the church. The eminent expression of this in the celebration of the Eucharist. The priest invites the people to raise their hearts to the Lord in prayer and thanksgiving. He then associates them to himself in the solemn prayer which he makes, on their behalf, to the Father through Christ in the Holy Spirit.

3. Presbyterorum Ordinis 2:12 4. Benedict XVI in same conference cited earlier 5. Benedict XVI on 16 March 2009 in address to a plenary of the Congregation for the Clergy 6. St John Paul II in PDV

There is also a spousal dimension to priesthood. This is most clearly expressed in the giving of the ring in episcopal ordination. The Bishop always wears that ring to signify his marriage to the Church, and to express how he, the Bishop, embodies a likeness to Christ the Bridegroom for His Bride, the Church. Notice how the Church is always feminine before Christ.

Priests, who in each local assembly in a certain sense represent the Bishop participate in this spousal dimension of the episcopal order. As such, they are akin to living icons of the Christ the Spouse who gives himself in many ways to his Bride, the Church. The priest must love the Church as Christ has loved her, “consecrating to her all his energies and offering himself with pastoral charity unto the daily oblation of his own life.”7.

We must also remember that the ministry of the priest is one of spiritual fatherhood. Through his dedication to souls the priest generates new life from Christ within them. The particular community he serves requires of him the gift of himself through attention, care and love.

The words of St John Vianney are worth recalling: “Who welcomed your soul at the beginning of your life? The priest. Who feeds your soul and gives it strength for its journey? The priest. Who will prepare it to appear before God, bath- ing it one last time in the blood of Jesus Christ? The priest, always the priest. And if this soul should happen to die [as a result of sin], who will raise it up, who will restore its calm and peace? Again, the priest… After God, the priest is everything!… Only in heaven will he fully realize what he is”.

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COMMUNION IN THE HIERARCHY The priest is not a ‘lone ranger’ nor ‘a king in his own kingdom’. A correct understanding, not only of priestly identity but also of the priestly office, must lead one to understand the ministerial communion in which a priest exists and operates. This ministerial communion is a characteristic of the priesthood based also on Christ, who is Head, Pastor and Spouse of the Church.8. As such there are precise ties with the Pope, the College of Bishops and his own Bishop (Ordinary). “There can be no genuine priestly ministry except in communion with the supreme pontiff and the episcopal college, especially with one’s own diocesan bishop, who deserves that ‘filial respect and obedience’ promised during the rite of ordination”.9. Thus we can speak of a hierarchical communion. Each priest then is in a spiritual and structural bond with the entire Episcopal order and the Roman Pontiff. This is reinforced because the entire College of Bishops and each individual Bishop must be in hierarchical communion with the Head of the College of Bishops, who is the Pope.

This hierarchical communion is most meaningfully expressed in the daily offering of the Mass as the priest prays for the Pope, the College of Bishops and his own Bishop. This is not just a sentiment of devotion or filial respect but rather it also attests to the authenticity of the Mass that the priest is celebrating.

7. Directory 14:3 8.Directory 31.1 9. St John Paul II Pastores Dabo Vobis

Even further those times of concelebration with the Bishop, for example the Chrism Mass and Ordinations, manifests the unity of the priesthood of Christ expressed in a plurality of his ministers as well as the unity of the one sacrifice offered by the People of God. Take every opportunity to attend the Chrism Masses in the diocese in which you reside; and also ordinations, especially priestly ordinations. It is important to your priestly identity, as well as to the identity of the Ordinariate, that you are seen at these events and also experience the particular manifestation of the universal Church that is the diocese.

Also this communion means that each priest should have a deep, humble and filial bond of obedience and charity with the person of the Holy Father and adhere to his Petrine ministry of teaching, sanctification and government. A particular docility should mark the priest in this regard.10.

Likewise with his Bishop (and Ordinary) the priest should show forth a unison of mind. The priest is co-responsible with the Bishop for the task of evangelisation and a unity between the Bishop and priest is vital for this task of evangelisation.

The Directory says that the relationship between priest and Bishop should be marked by “sincere trustfulness, cordial friendship, prayer for his person and intentions, and a true effort of consonance and convergence in ideals and pro- grammes, which takes nothing away from intelligent capacity for personal initiative and pastoral resourceful- ness.”11.

Let us recall again that by the Sacrament of Holy Orders we are inserted into a specific presbyterate, either a particular Church, Ordinariate or person Prelature. We must cultivate fraternity and charity within the specific presbyterate to which we belong (and in a similar manner in the presbyterate in which we reside or work). These ties are not of flesh and blood but come from the grace of Holy Orders. This bond also has a juridical quality and a spiritual value and contributes to the mission of Christ that is entrusted to the Church.

It’s not always a ‘one-way’ movement of the individual giving to the communion created through the Sacrament of Orders. The specific presbyterate in which we are inserted is also the place where we find means for our formation and sanctification as well as helps to overcome the limits and weakness of our human nature.12.

“He will therefore make every effort to avoid living his priestly service in an isolated and subjectivist manner, and will seek to promote fraternal communion by giving and receiving from priest to priest – the warmth of friendship, caring assistance, acceptance and fraternal correction, well aware that the grace of the Order “takes up and elevates the human and psychological bonds of affection and friendship, as well as the spiritual bonds which exist between priests […] and find expression in the most varied forms of mutual assistance, spiritual and material as well”13.

10. Directory 33.1 11. Directory 33.3 12. Directory 36.1 13. St John Paul II, Pastores Dabo Vobis, 74

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PRIESTLY SPIRITUALITY The spirituality of the priest consists essentially in the profound relationship of friendship with Christ, because he is called “to go to Him” (cf. Mk 3:13). In this sense, in the life of the priest, Jesus will always have pre-eminence over everything.

Each priest acts within a particular historical context with its manifold challenges and requirements. Precisely for this reason is the guarantee of the fecundity of his ministry rooted in a deep interior life. If the priest does not count on the primacy of grace he will not be able to respond to the challenges of his times, and any pastoral programme is destined to failure, no matter how elaborate it may be.14. Means for the spiritual life that the Directory offers are: the sacred liturgy, personal prayer, style of life and practice of the Christian virtues.

seeking to conform oneself to Christ and allow the action of the graces of ordination to conform one to Christ is pivotal

no act of ministry or service is exempt from being influenced and affected by the spiritual life of the priest. The fruit- fulness of priestly ministry lies in the life of prayer and the climate of a close friendship with Jesus Christ. daily celebration of the Eucharist, with suitable preparation and ensuing thanksgiving, the recitation of the Liturgy of the Hours (a daily obligation), regular confession and spiritual direction must not be missing from the life of a priest. Neither must regular mental prayer, lectio divina, spiritual retreats and days of recollection, Marian devotion particularly the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross and other pious devotions and reading of the lives of the saints. Each year during the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, and as a sign of an enduring desire of fidelity, priests are to re- new, in the presence of and together with the Bishop, the promises made at Ordination.15.

RESPECT FOR LITURGICAL NORMS 59. Worthy of emphasis among the various aspects of the question felt the most today is convinced love and respect for liturgical norms. The liturgy is the exercise of the priestly office of Jesus Christ, “the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; it is also the fount from which all her power flows” It constitutes an ambit in which the priest must have particular awareness of being a minister, a servant, and having to faithfully obey the Church. “The ordering and guidance of the sacred liturgy depends solely upon the authority of the Church, namely, that of the Apostolic See and, as provided by law, that of the diocesan Bishop” The priest, therefore, may not add, remove, or change anything in the liturgy on his own initiative.

14. Directory pg 63 15. Directory 50.4 quoting St John Paul II in his letter to priests of 1979 This is especially true for the celebration of the sacraments, which are acts of Christ and the Church par excellence, and which the priest administers in the person of Christ the Head and in the name of the Church for the good of the faithful. The latter have a true right to participate in liturgical celebrations as the Church so wills and not according to the personal likes of a particular minister, nor according to unapproved and unusual rites, which are expressions of specific groups that tend to isolate themselves from the universality of the People of God.

THE IMPORTANCE AND OBLIGATORY NATURE OF ECCLESIASTICAL ATTIRE 61. In a secularised and basically materialistic society where the external signs of sacred and supernatural realities tend to disappear, deeply felt is the need for the priest – man of God, dispenser of his mysteries – to be recognisable in the eyes of the community by his attire as well, and this as an unequivocal sign of his dedication and identity as holder of a public ministry. The priest must be recognisable above all through his conduct, but also by his attire, which renders visible to all the faithful, and to each person, his identity and his belonging to God and to the Church. Continued next page.

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Clerical attire is the external sign of an interior reality: “Indeed, the priest no longer belongs to himself but, because of the sacramental seal he has received (cf. Catechism of the Catholic Church, nn. 1563, 1582), is the ‘property’ of God. The priest’s ‘belonging to Another’, must become recognisable to all, through a transparent witness. […] In the way of think- ing, loving, of relating to people, also in his habits, the priest must draw prophetic power from his sacramental belonging”.

For this reason the priest, like the transitory deacon, must: wear either the cassock “or suitable ecclesiastical dress, in accordance with the norms established by the Episcopal Con- ference and legitimate local customs”; when other than the cassock, attire must be different from the way laypersons dress and consonant with the dignity and sanctity of the minister; the style and the colour are to be determined by the Conference of Bishops;

because of their incoherence with the spirit of this discipline, contrary practices are bereft of the rationality necessary for them to become legitimate customs and must be absolutely eliminated by the competent authority. Outside of specific exceptional cases, the non use of ecclesiastical attire may manifest a weak sense of one’s identity as a pastor dedicated entirely to the service of the Church. Moreover, in its form, colour and dignity the cassock is most opportune, because it clearly distinguishes priests from laymen and makes people understand the scared nature of their ministry, remind- ing the priest himself that forever and at each moment he is a priest ordained to serve, teach, guide, and sanctify souls mainly through the celebration of the sacraments and the preaching of the Word of God.

Wearing ecclesiastical attire is also a safeguard for poverty and chastity.

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION 68. The centrality of the Eucharist must appear not only in the worthy and deeply felt celebration of the Sacrifice, but also in frequent adoration of the Sacrament of the Altar so the priest may be seen as a model for the flock also in de- vout attention and assiduous meditation in the presence of the Lord in the tabernacle.

DEVOTION TO MARY There is an essential relationship between the Mother of Jesus and the priesthood of the ministers of her Son. Priestly spirituality is not complete without a Marian spirituality because Christ willed to entrust his Mother to the beloved disciple from the Cross. Each priest, like the beloved disciple, is entrusted to the care of Mary. Each priest should welcome Mary as his mother in his own life and make her the object of constant attention and devotion. The Blessed Virgin will become the one who leads them to Christ, makes them love the Church, intercedes for them and guides them towards the Kingdom of heaven.16.

The Directory calls her the ‘most eminent formatter of his priesthood’. With her maternal care she will watch over him and protect him from dangers, fatigue and discouragement. Every priest should look to her in order to be the humble, obedient and chaste minister of her Son.

16. Directory 84.4

THE PRIESTLY SPIRITUALITY OF BL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN Since today is the 125th anniversary of the death of Bl John Henry Newman, the most famous 19th century convert from Anglicanism to Catholicism, I thought I would share with you some thoughts and comments not only upon his spiritual journey and his manner and style of prayer, but also as they inform us of JHN’s way of living the Catholic priesthood. I offer these not as a Newman scholar but more as one who both admires JHN and reveres him as a saint.

Mention that our Oratory has him as one of our patrons. Mention the Mass tonight if not already done so. Mention also the trip to Birmingham Oratory and to Littlemore and my growing respect for, knowledge of and spiritual connection with JHN. Continued next page.

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A most useful period of Newman’s life that reveals much about his spiritual way, as well as his understanding of the priesthood, is his time in Rome before ordination (1846) and the coming-to-know St Philip Neri, the founder of the Oratory. Let us examine in brief some of the aspects of Philip that attracted John Henry. Philip did not design or promote a particular style of prayer (in contrast to Ignatius of Loyola and the Spiritual Exer- cises and discursive meditation). This was attractive to JHN because his own spiritual life was quite well formed at this time. He was not looking for something new but rather to quote him: “he knew perfectly well what he ought to do but he did not know exactly how he was expected to do it. From St Philip Neri he discovered it. The first lesson he learned was that he ought to be himself. He ought not to deny, under the pretext of his conversion to Rome, the religious intuitions that had grown in him and by which he deepened his relationship with God.

this is important for the clergy before me; their spiritual life and spiritual journeys did not begin upon reception into or ordination in the Catholic church.

their priestly identity, while needing perhaps some Catholic flavour, has a connection with the journey that began in Anglicanism. JHN found in St Philip a way to go to God with simplicity, away from distractions, in the quiet retreat and recluse that this rather sensitive spiritual man required.

The author comments that St Philip showed JHN that even a sophisticated convert from Oxford could find his place in the Church while keeping his own style of prayer and spiritual life. Only an open and sincere heart was necessary. JHN would remember this his whole life. 17. relying on The Spiritual Journey of Newman, Jean Honoré, Alba House (Society of St Paul), New York, 1982.

What a fine hallmark of our own priestly spirituality - an open and sincere heart; both to God and to the people we lead and serve. We see the fruit of prayer learned from St Philip in the warmth and peace, even tenderness with which “O my God, I confess and bewail my extreme weakness, O my dear Lord, give me a generous faith. In asking for fervour, I ask for all that I can need, and all that Thou canst give… Nothing would be a trouble to me, nothing a difficulty, had I but fervour of soul”

JHN addresses God in “In Thy Sight” from Meditations and Devotions p. 68

The Oratory, with its quality of priestly life and ministry as well as its community style of life, provided for Newman the most favourable conditions for the accomplishment of a mission which could be styled as that of a precursor, living in his own life the spirit of obscurity and humility and self-effacement. Had Newman become a priest of a diocese, it is questionable what he might have been able to do, given the opposition to him from both within the Catholic Church and without. The Oratory provided him, we could say, with the protection as well as the scaffold- ing to be able to influence Catholic life in 19th century England as well as to influence the life of the nation. Yet at the same time to suffer opposition and misunderstanding and slander.

Newman’s life as an Oratorian priest was not accidental nor improvised. It happened, we can say, under the divine providence, which guides all our lives.

In the reflection time after this talk I would encourage you to reflect and consider, maybe again, the loving providence of God who has guided you along your pathway to this place of priesthood in the Catholic Church. Note the methods and circumstances that God has used. Give thanks for the loving guidance. Ask strength to bear the burdens and misunderstandings and disappointments. Pray for the grace of forgiveness with you, so that you may forgive those who may have battled against you or even denigrated you. Ask also for the grace of fidelity and perseverance in your priestly vocation in the Catholic Church. Continued next page.

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What might we be able to discern about the spiritual life of Bl JHN that might be of assistance to us in our spiritual life as priests? Once more I don’t claim to be a “Newman expert” but rather an observer of his life and an admirer of his courage for the truth. He had a devotion to the BVM recall from the Apologia his first Latin verse book at the age of ten, where he had drawn the image of a rosary recall two pairs of Rosary beads hang on a hook in his room at Birmingham; and his rosary beads at Littlemore. Devotion to the Eucharist was the centre of his prayer life (see pg 212 Honore). This was one of the first discoveries he made upon his conversion. The presence of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament was his greatest support in times of trial and he used to pass entire hours before the tabernacle.

He was assiduous in his devotion to the Sacred Heart and noted that the devotion to the Sacred Heart had the most powerful attraction for him personally (Honore pg 212). Very near his own room was a chapel to the Sacred Heart that he had built with his own money. It overlooked the Oratory Church and provided a solitary and silent retreat within the large Oratory House. He also spoke of the Mass and how he celebrated it regarding it as a marvellous solemnity for which he never lost an admiration and which always had a prodigious attraction for him. It was an action for him; the Action par excellence where words and gestures had meaning. Some witnesses have noted the utmost refinement of his gestures at the altar and his care in pronouncing the sacred words.

this can be an example for us in our care and attention to our priestly action at the altar and in the sanctuary. mention my experience of visiting his room and the altar dedicated to St Francis de Sales where he offered Mass after becoming Cardinal

about 8 months before he died he had to stop saying Mass because of declining eyesight and physical weakness that deprived him of the mobility needed to say Mass. Nevertheless he learned by heart the Mass of the BVM and the Mass for the Dead hoping one day to be able to say Mass again.

let us note that desire to offer Mass; an indication of his priestly heart. Of course, he would have been able to attend Mass but to be able to fulfil his priestly duty was something he longed for.

He was also attached to the saying of the Office and faithfully performed that duty. When he could no longer read well, he replaced the Office with the Rosary. When his fingers could not allow even that and he had to give up his last devotion, we are told, he sought refuge in continuous prayer.

We must also take consolation from JHN’s retreat notes in which we are given insight into experience of prayer. He does tell of his difficulties and even his distress in prayer. It was not always easy for him. He did suffer times of dryness and coldness in prayer and it seems that the more mature his spiritual life became the more it was a labour. He experienced the aridity that St John of the Cross calls the dark night of the senses. Ex umbris et imaginibus ad veritatem - From shadows and fantasies to truth

is the inscription which JHN wished to have engraved in the cloister yard at Edgbaston in Birmingham. it is also engraved upon the altar in the side chapel dedicated to him in Brompton Oratory, London what greater and more profound motto could there be for a priest; it sums up our priestly ministry as we assist Christ’s faithful to live lives preparing for the encounter with God at the moment of death; it can also give us pause for reflection in our own spiritual life and practices. Are we lost in time or are we prepared for eternity? Are we genuine seekers of truth? Do we know well the One who is Truth itself? Placed with the Cardinal’s heraldic motto: Cor ad cor loquetur - Heart speaks to heart, we have an excellent sum- mation of the priestly life and identity as well as our place in the Church.

We must be men of God, whose own heart has been captured by Christ and whose own heart knows how to speak to the Sacred and divine Heart of Christ; but also to speak of the Sacred and divine heart of Christ to his people.

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We must be men of the Church who live in this world of shadows and fantasies, of mixed and confusing ideologies and philosophies, of human knowledge cut off from the divine wisdom, yet who know and have experienced the truth.

We must be worthy shepherds and leaders who navigate the flock safely through the pitfalls and obstacles towards the certainty of divine truth. Oremus pro invicem - Let us continue to pray for each other as we exercise the sacred priesthood given to us by Christ as a gift for His own intents and purposes; as mysterious as those intents and purposes may seem at times. [End]

[Fr Paul Chandler: The Brisbane Oratory in Formation: Oratory of Blessed John Henry Newman www.brisbane-oratory.org ] ______“DIVINE WORSHIP” The celebration of Mass for use by the Personal Ordinariates established under the Apostolic Constitution “Anglicanorum Coetibus.” Monsignor Steven Lopes was given a warm welcome by the clergy of the Ordinari- ate of OLSC at their annual conference held at Santa Teresa Spirituality Centre, Ormiston, Queensland. [[email protected]] Monsignor Lopes spoke to the clergy about the new Ordinariate missal which will be known as the “Divine Worship”

He gave an overview of the new missal which should be available near the end of the year. Monsignor Lopes spoke particularly on the information found in the “Introduction” and especially the notes on the correct way to say the Ordinariate Mass. Monsignor Lopes became part of the Annual Conference: chatting with the clergy at meal times and at morning and afternoon tea breaks. Thank you for being with us and sharing your knowledge and your interest in the Ordinariate in Australia. [Photo: Monsignor Steven Lopes] ______CONFERENCE PHOTOS

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FESTIVAL OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS

Final Preparations: Please contact the various parishes for further details of festival activities: See THE BACK PAGE for all Parish contact details.  Fr Stephen Hill  St Patrick’s Catholic Church, Bondi - Saturday 29th August at  11:30am - Ordinariate Mass  1:30pm - Talk on the Ordinariate  3:00pm - Evensong & Benediction  St Columban’s Catholic Church, Mayfield. - Sunday 6th September,  8am Ordinariate Mass.  followed by Morning Tea.  followed by a talk on the Mission of the Ordinariate.

 Rev Fr. Ian Wilson - Adelaide – Newly ordained as a catholic priest,  Fr Ian plans to have a showcase and active missionary activity though planning is going ahead.

· Fr Gordon Barnier – Cairns · 29/08/15- Solemn Evensong and Benediction, · Supper, Mons Harry's Video, Short Address, Info table · 30/08/15. Procession and Mass of the Solemnity of Our Lady of the Southern Cross. · Invites will go out later. Each Parishioner is being encouraged to bring ten people as guests.

 Rev Fr Ramsay Williams - the Parish of St Edmund Campion Bayside/Peninsula Melbourne:  On Sunday 30st August at St Patrick’s, Mentone: The Ordinariate Sung Mass at 9.30 am. with special music, followed by Morning Tea.  At 4 pm.: Solemn Evensong and Benediction, sung by the Choir of St Patrick’s, Mentone, followed by High Tea.  · Rev. Fr. Lyall Cowell - St. John's Catholic Parish, PO Box 27, Mullumbimby NSW 248 Ordinariate Mass ... 9-30 AM ...Fri 26 June Rev Fr Christopher Seton - Parish of St Benedict – South Caulfield: Saturday 26th September. celebrating O LW . Fr Ken Clark - Gippsland 30 August: Sung Mass -10am Procession Talk - Our Lady of the Southern Cross. Lunch: Evensong & Benedict

CONFERENCE PHOTOS: Continued.

12 13 MAFFRA ORDINARIATE PARISH: GIPPSLAND Days of Stillness and Silence: Ordinariate Retreat Days

The Gippsland Ordinariate community offered the first in a series of three retreat days at St Brigid’s Catholic Church, Cowwarr. The program of retreat days are days of stillness and silence, called “Deepening Prayer, Seeking God’s Presence” is a unique opportunity for those people who cannot commit to a continuous three day retreat, but would like to opportunity to explore prayer, stillness, and silence.

What we have done is made available a contiguous three day retreat. Each day is separated by time, but each builds on the day before. The retreat conductor is Mr Fred Hardy ThL (Hons), MA (Spirituality), M.Div. an An- glican retreat master, and a man that is himself steeped in prayer and contemplation..

The first day was very much a success. The first of the three days there were 18 attendees making the most of the mass, presentation, silence, and reconciliation. The first presentation by Mr Hardy was on Christ’s example taken from the Gospels, His prayer before each event in His life, and His withdrawal into solitude. Mr. Hardy demonstrated that Christ was a man steeped in prayer, stillness, and silence. The second presentation was on the Lord’s Prayer as prayer, and as an ‘how to” of prayer.

The two days to follow are:: August 29th: Saturday: 9.30am – 4pm: Prayer: Oratio/Meditation October 24: Saturday:: 9.30am – 4.00pm: Contemplatio

For further information contact Fr Ken Clark OLSC: 0403383873: email: [email protected]: or see the Gippsland Ordinariate Blog: https://gippslandordinariate.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/retreatquiet-days/. There are no fees or costs for the retreat. ______

FR. IAN WILSON ORDAINED A CATHOLIC PRIEST

Congratulations to Fr Ian Wilson who was ordained a Catholic priest on Saturday 18th July 2015 and celebrated his first Mass for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross on Sunday 19th July 2015. Fr Ian will continue to lead the Ordinariate in Adelaide as well as assist the Catholic Archdiocese of Adelaide.

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POINT OF VIEW: BLEAK FUTURE

[Reprinted with permission from ITD August 2015] It doesn’t matter which party won the last election because this beautiful country, Australia, as we know it, may soon cease to exist. The lobby groups, fanatics and the parliamentarians who are leading this attack to re- define marriage and family so that it becomes lawful for same sex couples to “marry”, have no idea that they are just puppets.

Not everyone has realised that we are well and truly engaged in spiritual warfare and we have done our best to get rid of God in every possible way. Satan does exist and he believes in God, but being the liar that he is, he has convinced many people that he doesn’t exist and that there is no God.

Christians believe that all people, including those with same-sex attraction, are called by God to live chastely and that by God’s grace and support of friends they can and should grow in fulfilling God’s plan (ACBC, Don’t Mess with Marriage). But for many years now society has been bombarded with a relentless well- organised satanic push for same-sex marriage.

We have seen in Ireland recently that 1500 years of civilization came to an end as hundreds of millions of US dollars were poured into the Irish nation by pagan Americans to influence the National Referendum so that homosexuality would be voted to be equal to traditional marriage. My question is: What does it gain the homosexual lobby group to have the law changed so that they can rule Ireland but lose their soul and spend an eternity in Hell?

They have been very successful in casting themselves as victims in need of protection, rather than focussing on the reality of homosexual behaviour which they know will repel and shock people. As a result, a majority of people, including many of those in parliament, have lost the sense of sin. But God hasn’t.

We see in Romans Chapter 1: “instead they made nonsense out of logic and their empty minds were darkened …… That is why God has abandoned them to degrading passion: why their women have turned from natural intercourse to unnatural practices, and why their menfolk have given up natural intercourse to be consumed with passion for each other, men doing shameless things with men and getting an appropriate reward for their perver- sion…”

There are countless reasons why the definition of marriage should not be changed, and there is only one reason why it should, and that is so that those who take part in the unnatural practices condemned by God, want those practices to be seen as normal, and for Christians to turn against the teachings of Our Lord.

When parliamentarians lose the sense of sin, they cannot govern a country justly. Our cycle of life is: Birth, Life, Death, Judgement, Heaven or Hell for eternity. A country that slaps God in the face and says, “Lord, Your teachings are out of date”, has a very bleak future, if any future at all. [Brian Rooney, Melbourne, Victoria] ______HAVE YOUR SAY Not all our Readers will agree with the content and of the various articles that have been written and published on our pages. The editor invites you to write an article giving your view on current matters that you feel will be of interest to members of the Ordinari- ate and the Catholic Church in Australia. Material should be sent by e-mail with your Name and Address to: The Editor: [email protected] The editor has the right to refuse publication of material considered not suitable for presenting in “Australia Wide.” ______WEBSITES AND BLOGS: “Australia Wide” has published on the inside back page a number of Websites and Blogs which provide inter- esting reading. You may not always agree with the content, however it’s always good to know what other people are saying. If you have a Website or Blog that you would like included on our list send it to the Editor at < [email protected] > and we will check it out for publication in our e-magazine. 14 15 THE ORDINARIATE: World Wide: The following are a selection of Websites and Blogs Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of the Southern Cross (Australia) – Ordinariate website and contact for the e-magazine: “Australia Wide” www.ordinariate.org.au [See: RESOURCES] OLSC: Ordinariate: Japan: website: www.ordinariatejapan.org/ Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham – website. The Portal Magazine – magazine for news of the Ordinariate of OLW. Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter (USA) – website St. John the Evangelist (Calgary, Alberta) www.calgaryordinariate.com/ St. Thomas More Catholic Church (Personal Ordinariate CSP) www.thomasmorechurch.ca/ [Toronto] Fellowship of Blessed John Henry Newman at Saint www.blessedjohnhenrynewmanfellowship.ca/ Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary annunciationofthebvm.org/ [Ottawa] St Edmunds stedmund.ca/ [Ontario] The Church of the Good Shepherd A Sodality of the goodshepherdoshawa.blogspot.com/ [Oshawa, Ontario] The Fellowship of Saint Alban www.stalbanfellowship.org/ [New York, USA] Marylebone Ordinariate Group at St James's Spanish Place https://www.facebook.com/ MaryleboneOrdinariateGroup Vocations to the sacred ministry: Melbourne: [email protected] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ For some uplifting thoughts, you may wish to follow some other blogs, including: Ordinariate News (from Ordinariate Expats) - http://ordinariateexpats.wordpress.com The Anglican Use of the Roman Rite – one-stop blog for the Anglican Use (Personal Ordinariates and Pastoral Provision) by Steve Cavanaugh, Boston, MA. Fr. Stephen Smuts’ blog – with lots of Ordinariate news. Father Ed's Blog | A Catholic priest reflects… www.tunbridgewells-ordinariate.com/blog/ Antique Richborough - Blogger mgredwins.blogspot.com/ Marylebone Ordinariate Group - Blogger maryleboneordinariate.blogspot.com/

Fr. Christopher Phillips’ blog, Deborah Gyapong’s blog, Father Scott Anderson’s blog , Mgr. Edwin Barnes’ blog.

The Vatican – official website News.va – The Vatican today

DISCLAIMER: The publisher and editor of “Australia Wide” take no responsibility for the material and content or the views expressed in any of the Websites and Blogs published in this magazine.

st th FR. GEOFFREY JAMES TAYLOR: Born 1 December 1926: Died 27 July 2015. There was a gathering of both Catholic and Anglican clergy and laypeople at St Joseph’s Catholic Church, West Melbourne to say farewell to Fr Geoffrey Taylor at a Pontifical Requiem Mass which was held on Thursday 30th July 2015. The principal celebrant was The Most Rev’d Denis Hart, Archbishop of Melbourne assisted by other Bishops and Priests of the Melbourne Archdiocese. The Archbishop in his Homily gave a brief history of the life and times of Fr Geoffrey Taylor, based upon the book: “Down in Ado- ration Falling, Journey in faith of the Rev Geoffrey James Taylor.” by Gareth Grainger. [Pommegranate Publications: P.O. Box 391 Bungendore NSW 2621 [Photos: Left, Ordination by Archbishop of Melbourne, Thomas Francis Little. Right: As a Catholic Priest at St Joseph’s West Brunswick.]

15 16 VICTORIA THE BACK PAGE MELBOURNE: St Benedict’s Parish, meet at Holy AUSTRALIA WIDE Cross Church, 707 Glenhuntly Road, South Caulfield. Sundays: 11am Mass (Ordinariate Rite) 7pm Evensong OLSC: MASS TIMES and Benediction. Weekday Mass: 7pm Mondays; 10am Wednes- days. Contact Parish Priest: Ph 98228489 WESTERN AUSTRALIA E-mail: [email protected]

PERTH: Parish of St Ninian and St Chad: Perth: 11 Susan Street, Maylands. Perth. WA. Sundays: 9-30am Sung Mass. MELBOURNE: Bayside/Peninsula Parish of: 2nd Sunday of the Month: 4pm Evensong and Benediction. 4th Sun- St Edmund Campion, located at St Patrick’s Catholic day of the month: 4pm Evensong. Wednesdays: 9-15 am Mass. Church, Childers Street Mentone. Sundays: 9-30 am Contact Clergy: E-Mail: [email protected] Mass (Ordinariate rite) Thursday: 10-30 am Mass Fr Ted Wilson: Ph: 08-934957 (Ordinariate rite) Contact: Ph: 03-95801032; 03-97706700. QUEENSLAND E-mail: [email protected]

Cairns Parish of St Clare: meet: St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Crn of Atkinson & Mayer Streets, Manunda North East Victoria: Parish of St Patrick: 4870. Sundays:10am Mass. Contact: The Ordinary: Mobile Phone 0417 180 145 Weekdays: 7-30am Wed & Thur. Contact Priest: Phone: 07-40 330706 Mobile: 0429400176. E-mail: [email protected] GIPPSLAND, VICTORIA. Parish: The Most Holy family, Maffra. Meet at the Catholic Church in the following towns: HEYFIELD Sundays: Mass 10am. 4pm Evensong and Brisbane: Parish of St Thomas a’Becket, Benediction 4th Sunday. COWWARR: Wednesday 10am Mass meets: St Benedict’s Church, Mowbray Trce, East Brisbane. & Holy Hour. Sundays: 9-30 am Mass. 6-30 pm Evensong and Benedic- MIRBOO NORTH: Mass 11am 2nd Saturday. tion. CONTACT: E-Mail < [email protected] > Contact: Fr Tony Iball: Ph:07-38412352 E-mail: < [email protected] >

SOUTH AUSTRALIA GOLD COAST: UPPER COOMERA meets at St Stephen’s College Chapel, Reserve Road, Up- ADELAIDE and SOUTH AUSTRALIA: per Coomera. 4209. Q’ld. The Ordinariate community of Blessed John Henry Sunday’s:9am Mass. Other Times as announced. Newman Contact: Fr A. Kinmont Ph: 07-55560361 Contact: Rev Ian Wilson: Moderator of the Ordinariate in Mobile: 0417 711 699. E-Mail: [email protected] South Australia. Mobile Ph: 0427 851 030 E-Mail: [email protected]

Rockhampton Parish: Our Lady of Walsingham: Meets at St Vincent’s Church, 4 Herbert St Wandal, Rock- JAPAN hampton. 4700. Sunday Mass Times and weekday Mass Times and other parish activities Contact the clergy. Parish Clergy: Ph 07-49284193 ORDINARIATE CONGREGATIONS: JAPAN : E-mail: < [email protected] > OLSC Community of Saint Augustine of Canterbury NEW SOUTH WALES (Japanese speaking) For information about activities of this community Diocese of Lismore: St John’s Mullumbimby: Contact: Fr Lyall Cowell. please contact:: E-Mail: [email protected] Father R Kajiwara, | Tel +8142 439 4634 | raph- Mobile: 0423 086 984. Local Ph: 02-66842106. [email protected] Website: www.ordinariatejapan.org/

Sydney: Holy Cross Parish.. Contact: The Ordinary: Mobile Ph: 0417180145. SODALITY OF OUR LADY OF THE SOUTHERN E-Mail: The Ordinary: [email protected] CROSS: Meetings held at St Francis Xavier Church Frankston and Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle: St Columban’s St Joseph’s Church, Chelsea. [Melbourne Southern Suburbs] Catholic Church : 58 Church Street, Mayfield. 2304. Contact: Parish Office: [email protected] Contact: Fr Stephen Hill: Phone: 02-4968-2428. Parish Office: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]